Methodius and Methodologies: Ways of Reading Third-century Christian Sexual Symbolism
St Methodius of Olympus, Bishop of Patara and martyr of the Diocletian persecution, uses sexual language in an unusual way. In a treatise on celibacy, The Symposium, he describes the relationship of Christians to Jesus Christ using the language of male orgasm. The cross is described as the moment of...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2006
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2006, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-100 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ecstasy
B Celibacy B Book review B Orgasm B Methodius of Olympus B Language |
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| Summary: | St Methodius of Olympus, Bishop of Patara and martyr of the Diocletian persecution, uses sexual language in an unusual way. In a treatise on celibacy, The Symposium, he describes the relationship of Christians to Jesus Christ using the language of male orgasm. The cross is described as the moment of Jesus Christ's own ecstatic orgasm, and St Paul is described as a figure inseminated by God. This language is investigated with reference to a variety of selected methodologies, including Christian Platonist perspectives, feminist perspectives, Foucaultian perspectives, and men's studies perspectives. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1355835806069786 |